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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1956.

FEATURES

ΑΠ

FOR

BOYS

YOUR PUZZLE All Honour To The Rose-

CORNER

CROSSWORD

Cartoonist Cal-han pluced to- day's crossword puzzle an the silhouette of a fam building, which is the first answer:

ACROSS

1 Farm building

♬ Egypunn goddess

Displaced perum (ab.)

7 East side (ub.)

Number before ten

11 Three, in cards

Very quiet

2 Existe

3 Cover

DOWN

Bird of prey

0 Knight's title

10'Northeast (ab.)

SCRAMBLEGRAMS

Scramble the

five-latter

kttern

in

庭

word for "rmeasures

of land" and have "frighten";

reramble these and have "speed contests"; again and have "wor- rien." If you want to try some harder

words with the same lotters, scrumble them for "A planacle of teall; and once more for the plural of A “genus mapica."

l

TRIANGLE

AND

Among Blossoms

crowned because she

ROYAL QUEEN ią A The Puzzlemim haa based tala triangle on STORES: The has inherited the right to second word is near third is rule her kingdom. "bustie"; fourth "love"; and

There fifth "to Idolise." Can you corn-

are many minor plete the triangle from the queens crowned today, in a clues?

spirit of competition, for one's popularity and beauty, It is a position much de sired, and envied by many.

STOREY

STONES

WORD SQUARE

Rearrange the letters in each

row to form a word and then rearrange the rows so they will read the same down os derosa, The four words will be "a tos"; " type of king": "for feai that"; and "permits."

EEOG

ELST

ELST

ODL

L

WHICH IS COLDEST?

Durile which is coldest

in

each of these lines.

ICE or WATER

FIRE or ASHES

WINTER or SUMMER

SUN or MOON

(Solutions on Page 201

There is one beauty that w has been wearing a queenly crown since long before the Christian era. The гOBO the flower has reigned in

years of kingdom through ware and fostivities.

HER MAJESTY, THE ROSE, HAS REIGNED, SINCE TIME BEGAN AG THE QUEEN OF

PLOWERS"

by giving a festival which lasted several days,

in the days of Cleopatra

AL formal weddings, brides walk up the aisle on rose petals, thrown before thom by their little flower girls, to give honour on On the last day was the this special day of their grand banquet. The floors lives.

of rooms and halls of the with The

Orientals, palace were covered early Egyptians, Greeks, and roses 18 inches deep. And covered with Romans all regarded the these were

so the guests could rose as the queen of flowers. net, On festive days they would walk upon the roses In their adorn themselves by wear- soft sandals, ing roses in their hair,

about their in garlande necks.

or

There was once a noted woman who, in 51 B.C., be came Queen Cleopatra of Egypt. When she visited Mark Anthony, the Roman Emperor, he honoured her

PARTY

Comedian Joe E. Brown and rooney bird chai at Midway.

HOW HAVELATA

TO

Roll a sheet of NEWSPAPER

into a tall dunce hat like this.

TAPC LAP

2.BLINDFOLD

TWO PLAYERS

AND TIE THEIR

WRISTS WITH

A HANDKERCHIEF

3.Give each

player a roll of

newspaper.

4.THE ONE WHO WEARS THE HAT IS IT AND STANDS FACING THE 2 PLAYERS WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN THEIRS.

A PLAYER WHO MUST

5.

AT A SIGNAL IT TOUCHES

WHAM!

TRY TO KNOCK

OFF THE

HAT WITH

HIS

ROLLED

NEWS- PAPER.

PLAYERS MUST KEEP

FEET TOUCHING.

Worthless Birds Still Have

An emblem

GIRLS

Queen ANDREW, THE LAZY PIXIE, LANDED IN A DUST BIN

BEFORE THE CHRISTIAN ERA, MARC ANTHONY, IN HONDURING CLEOPATRA

WITH A PESTIVAL, COVERED THE PALACE- FLOOR WITH ROSES À 18 INCHES DEEP -.

were rose.

Then all

knew it

was

At that time, there two men who claimed the "sub-ross, ** right to the English throno. The rose has been honoured

Duke In French history They were Richard,

SNIFF the Second was the laziest plxle in three counties: He was so lazy ho wouldn't tio hle own shoo laces or even work for his own food.

So one day his mother said, “*I'm not going to let the rest of the family work themselves to death for you, You

can just go out and make your own living."

Andrew joft and had walked a mile or so when he camų to a pretty house with red geraniums in all

the windows,

"Now, that looks nice and honey," ho sald, "I think I'll move right in."

He hid behind the clock unul everyone had gone to bed.

CAN'T GET OUT IT MUST BE SOMETHING

LATE

Mario wished that he could

his appetite tell her

was stronger than ever, that all he needed WES to get rid of Andrew.

Then he started to look for Art was growing fatter and

CX-

Now all the time Mario was thinner and thinner,

falter. One night when be also. To something to eat. He couldn't tried to leave the cage he found

thing because Mrs Miltin of York, and Henry VI, of honour King Louis XVIII, the And Lancaster, who was already ed the King's rose."

got through the wires. Anest specimen of rose was call-bud shut all the food away he was so fat that he couldn't

it Later,

the refrigerator,

"Suffering

catfish!" War brocame occupying the throne,

"the Emperor's_rose," "This is a pretty how-du- claimed. Now what will I do?

When France you-do,” he mumbled. broke out to settle the dis- after Napoleon,

1214

Mrs Mifflin will have a at if pute,

became a republic, this same ruse have to see what the canary the finds me kero," was named "the rose of the Re-hus for supper," publle,"

He jumped up intọ the cage Mario, and found Mario, the canary,

and a eating some bird seed

"Hm, not bad," sold apple.

"At least it will do Andrew until I got something better."

rose

King Henry chose the red ne his army's cm- blem. Richard chose the White rose,

For perfume

The United States uses tho

Each of the rose as an emblem. After years of fighting, the 48 states selects a state flower.

The American of Lancaster

Beauty is the became House

Later, when peace

flower of Washington, DC. The victorious.

Roses are again mention. ed in ancient history in the time of Nero, that wicked Roman Emperor.

During his reign, which started in god between the two families, wild rose is the state flower of "ut a fellow has to ent

the rose was chosen as their em Iowa, North Dakota, New York. 54 A.D., he gave grand affairs. At one special celebration, he spent a for- tune on roses.

many blem.

And Georgla chose the Chumkea

rose.

use

perfume

thing.

"She certainly will," agreed

Then he said, "There's one way you might get out. If you

"I don't recall inviting you to roll up in that lettuce leaf she'll share my supper, cald Marie, throw you out into the dust bin when she cleans the cage "Nor do I," agreed Andrew.

tomorrow." soine-

"It's worth a tay" agreed you know," Ho ate most of the canary lettuce leaf and the next day Andrew. So he rolled up in the then went back to the Mrs Mifica threw him out. supper, clock to spend the night.

As for the canary, he hoped This went on for a week wall that he would never sco a pixie grew so thin that hit again. Especially a pixic named Mario

Whatever is the matter? και must have lost your appolite,"

mistress cried, "My poor birdiel roses cultivated that we may

To honour a king

When we wonder if we ever think how Have you ever

heard anyone many roses It takes to make a ay, "Remember, this is sub- England holds the rose in cat mains it is spoken few drops. There are acres of great respect. Her coat-of- in confidance, or in scoret.

unjoy

this fragrant went. and some coins bear

meaning, takes expression,

150 pounds

of tre the emblem of the rose. Do "under the lose," originated in make just one ounce of oil.

came ancient days. If a meeting were Through the ages, the rose has you know how that

which was for

a hold an about? It was

Important place in the because of being held

select few and confidential, lives of people. Truly it is the "The War of the Roses," there would be suspended above undisputed ruler of the Flower (1455-1486).

the table, at coch end, a fresh Kingdom.

arms

This

rosts

to

NEEDLEWORK DONE WITH THE

HELP OF A TYPEWRITER

UT your name on blouses garments

Pother

with cross-stitch from the typewriter, First practise making lettering like this pictured alphabet. V's, W's, and X's can be sprawled out. Use the small "x" for your letters.

an

'make

x's

Practise first with easy letter like "C." Make 3 x's in a row, then single-

and space down

beneath the "V" make the bottom x, all in the missing another row first one. You now have to them singlespace up a line halfway between the up and fill in 2 gaps with the pencil and make two x's straddling down lines, and there is your letter C. this one. Then singlespace On the slanting lines, you up again and make x's on It is not un- have to fill in halfway the outersides of these two, but tearing out his hair common for his wings between the x's. In making with 8 spaces between, Then over a queer problem: what to musure

A Right To Live

【NCLE SAM is pulling

UNCLE SAM all large bird.

Now the gooney bird is a

seven

feet

to do with the gooney birds from tip to tip.

Ho can- on Midway Island.

not fly very well, but he Midway in a tiny island can manage to get into the

far out in the Pacific. air and go cruising along Key To The Lighthouse Legend

It is just a tiny speck so slowly like an albatross. far na land mass goes. Indeed, he is a cousin of the About the only people stay- albatross and, like that ing on it are a few sailors bird, he likes to follow ships or soldiers in the armed and be around people, forces. It is used as a place

for refuelling planes that fly across the Pacifle.

afraid of

facoltation.

Lies In One Word

course they used the withdrawal as a propaganda weapon against the West: "Look, we have NO foreign buon now."

So, it is amazing the twists and turns of modem

politics and West alike in postage stamp form.

Androw

- MABEL HARMER

The Queen's Dilemma

-With So Much To Do, She Couldn't Get Anything Done...

By MAX TRELL

WHEN the secret telephone

and

behind the bookcase rang, Mr Punch got there årst answered it. Kmart and Hand, the shadow-children. with the turned-about names

and General Tin, the tin nolctter, and Teddy the Stuffed Bear. and Mary Jane,

all the rag-doll, watched him.

Mr Punch said to somebody on the other end of the phono: "Oh <lcar ...oh dear... yes, we'll come as soon as wo can. Good-by, my dear."

And then he hung up.

The Royal Palace

Mr Punch' turned to friends Knant and Hamid

hid

with his friends on his back, Whos galloped to the palace,

and

General Tin· pod Tedely and said: "Will you please, picasa

Mary Jane and said:

It was help me?"

Her Majesty Queen Pell Mall. she bes us all to come at once

to the royał palascí.

"Why?" asked Knarf" something wrong?” “

"Of course we will, Queen Fall Mell," said Mr Punch. "That's why we're here, What do you want us to do?"

"Do you see that royal garden "Probably," sadd Mr Punch out there?" said the Queen, something and she pointed scross the lasra

After you get the letters of your name perfect, turn carbon paper tracing-side-down on your blouse, lay your pattern right "There's niwaya sido-up where you want it and wrong with Queen Pell Mell! traço carefully over each "X". Make sure you are working on So Karf and Hard

bo where the garden. WÉLM k and ready for planting. The garden- wasting with their bard surface with nothing General Tin and Teddy and er werd

in ment under your cloth.

Mary Jane all ellished on the tools. The seeds were The embroider with about 3 back of Whoa, the Hobby Horse. packages, the bulbs were in ment

strands of matching floss.

*

Then

baskets. Mr Pinch climbed:- în front and away they galloped, [straight through the playroom

wall (which turned Andor mist as they wept through Ati) Tung

At Full Speed

"But I can't get the garden planted until I got finished tying my laces, ironing: my blouse, aking my nals, combing my bair, reading the newspeper, dancing a Jy, eating a hard bolled egg, writing a lotter, bak- m a cake and scratching the

The name band at the left in the photo was worked for a young girl. Tho flowers at each end were also machoʻon: the type- writer and were done in pink,

A dew minutes lato, they the name in light blues. Some and leaves were done in green found themselves rushing af zuu when Sue Anne crutgrew it, the speed down the long royed rood Cat'a boost.” Sh band was used on a little pina- between cows of giant pippyboo trees and telephone polas strip, fores

Ramil at last they went ⠀ through the ʼn golden gates of the royal palace;

k

N exciting event for There in ono difference, how-

A Fin The Over.

18 com- an affection for memorated today by a new gooney blad But it has an estimated planes. He is not gooney bird population of them. In fact, he flica right stamp in the traditional colours of blue and white, Into them without more than 200,000,

gooney house and a glance reveals birds on Midway Island... that the light pouring from the lantern is intended to represent Finland's hope that all will now be wall between her

And that

In 1954 there wire ten plano It shows a two-storey` light. : which find their way into Eastbah bogilework is cute for ed like barber poles, :

ZOO'S WHO

FOOX

PISILLER UTHALES, MOST.SAVAGE OF THE VIHALE

| FAMILY, HUNT IN PACKS LIKE

|| WOLVES AND SUPERSTITIOUS

ESKIMOS BELIEVE THAT THE

| KILLERS REALLY ARE R

WOLVES CHANGED INTO SEA ANIMALS

WHOISPARS ABOUT 50 SPECIES. LONG AND HARP OF FISH ARS YANOWNI NATURES BEST. TO GİVE ELECTRICS,

accidents

easted by

So the US. Detenen part mont has asked the Fish and Wildlife Service to get rid of powerful neighbour, Russia."" tire danger, They do not want Kay to tho

to ill all the birds. After all, Legend of the they have a right to live.

Lighthouse Im w.ord They are considering inking the their eggs so the flock won't get Porkala at the

top

of the larger, or to make them move Uzeir nesta tò: another Lelasach..

stamp. was the hotty The experts plans to "shool allen of paint at than with spray gune, nish

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which This, it is hoped, will not on asians 90% enum the birds to move their homos, but will help to track cupled aftas thom. If they move. A

World War I

Fhurdan demere und towna. So far as betual valúo in con- | golk unlike · werd‹,{"expelled porned, the gooney bird sppours frowns their / hönde anch to be worthless, Hola pot running | across the 2000 pretty, and he is not useful for some had their window anything. But, or we wild buforod by monter Kunnia, fforo, là hna a right to re-

But that is all over binco all the troubles that being laban gEE

Risominis: decidind 10% bester 12ynighbours

The lighthouse stamp is per forted 14 and recess printed It pells at 10d. in London- J. A. M

many

togs too. There aro

'can work of the

A

pattern of

k

Well, it was all quite oasy.

All Pitched In

Kaart god Hold and Mr teenager can use this for You of Mell

Punch and General Tinand Toddy, the Stuffed Bear, and in great excitement.

They found the whole palace Mary Jane, the tag-doll, and Whoa, the Hobby Horse, all pitched, in

your name in wool and metallic yarns on short togs, uniforms and even in', marking undde things distinctively

Rupert and the Winter Woolly-25

wibo

Queer Pell Moli, short and fat and brod face Uke ́n cairot, was trying to

They tied the Queen's shoe

do ten o eleven things at one incos, ironed her blouse, filed her. timo. She was trying to tie her nails, combed her hair, rend shoe laces, iron a blouse, file her the newspaper, danced her a her nails comb her hair, read made her out a hard boiled. the newspaper, dance n 3, eat I wrote the teller for bor

bord

boiled egg write a letter, baked the cake and sonicred her cat's head-and then, "Oly bake aonice and patch thank you so much cried cat'u hond all at once.

Queen Fell Mell, antiing at iurt, "Now I am ready to plant ·xmy

The mult vos sho

the

tangled up and couldn'ɛ do the garden!!! quá tải important thing that And away alp, on, or rather she had twursted," to do all day bounced, all the way deron

Jongl

With Great by

"She" gréeled for drierida

wore waiting witër the

of seeds and “the ¦¦ beaćcétá

(bulbs,

the